Galați County

county in Romania

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Galați County is a region located in Romania, situated in the eastern part of the country. It matters as an important administrative and economic area within Romania, with historical significance to the nation.

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Population: 496892
Area: 4466
Official website: www.cjgalati.ro
Image: Galati - zona portului vechi.jpg
Dialing code: 236 336
Licence plate code: GL

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Galați ( Romanian pronunciation: [ɡaˈlatsʲ] ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galați, between 45°25'N and 46°10'N latitude, 27°20'E and 28°10'E longitude. It borders the counties of Vaslui, Vrancea, Brăila, Tulcea. To the east it borders the Republic of Moldova, the border crossing points being Galați–Giurgiulești (road and broad-gauge railway) and Oancea–Cahul (road). The county was established in 1968, through the territorial reorganization of the former Galați Region [ro], which included a territory similar to that of the current Brăila and Galați counties, plus the northern part of Tulcea County.

Galați County is part of the South-East Development Region (together with the counties of Vrancea, Buzău, Brăila, Constanța and Tulcea), of the Lower Danube Euroregion (together with the counties of Brăila and Tulcea, with the Cahul and Cantemir districts in the south of the Republic of Moldova and with the Odesa region in the west of Ukraine) as well as the Free Economic Zone Galați–Giurgiulești–Reni (Romania-Moldova-Ukraine).